Sericulture Awareness cum Beneficiary Empowerment Prog

Directorate of Sericulture, Forest Environment Wildlife Management Department conducted Sericulture Awareness cum Beneficiary Empowerment Programme (BEP) for Mulberry farmers in different places at East, West and South Sikkim.
The main objective of BEP is to make Sericulture stakeholders more aware of centrally sponsored schemes like Catalytic Development Programme which has been financed by the Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India.
The programme was held for 28 farmers in Amba & Taza in East district and 60 farmers in Sikkip GVK in West district.
During the programs work order for the construction of Mulberry and Eri Silkworm Rearing Houses of the Catalytic Development Programme (CDP) 2011-12 backlog was issued to the stakeholders to complete construction within stipulated time.

Awareness workshop on revamped NVEQF held

GANGTOK, 27 Oct [IPR]: The Directorate of Vocational Education, Human Resource Development Department, organized a sensitization workshop on Education Programme as per National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) with industry and other stakeholders at Chintan Bhawan on Saturday.
The main objective of the workshop is to create awareness regarding the revamped NVEQF in the state. NVEQF is a descriptive framework that organizes qualifications according to a series of levels of knowledge along with skills. These levels are defined in terms of learning outcomes, the competencies which the learners must possess regardless of whether they have acquired through formal, non-formal or informal education and training.
Minister HRDD, NK Pradhan in his address said that the State Government has played a pro-active role in the skill development and capacity building measures in the state. “Today, the state has the Directorate of Capacity Building which is fully functional with about 50 Livelihood Schools being operated in the state. The two Polytechnics are also playing a greater role in providing vocational education to the students”, he said.
The Minister further expressed hope that this workshop will surely help revamp vocational education system benefitting the students who have opted for such courses. He appealed to the representatives of different sectors to address vertical mobility as well and hoped that this newly revamped system will also address the unemployment problem in the state.
Principal Secretary HRDD, Thomas Chandy stated that specific guidelines are enshrined in the framework and lot of emphasis is being put on vocational education. “This system is being practiced in western countries for more than two decades”, said the Secretary further expressing hope that vocational education would eventually be the backbone of economic development in the state.
The technical session of the workshop included presentations on revamped Vocational Education by Directorate of Vocation Education and also by the different stakeholders in the state. It also included open house discussions with university representatives, tourism stakeholders, pharmaceutical industry, retail industry, SPDC, insurance companies, chamber of commerce, principals and teachers of schools and colleges.